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Mayor Rahm Emanuel turned to two of his favorite targets Tuesday while...

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Democratic governor candidate J.B. Pritzker has received the backing of Glenn...

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Illinois Democrats in Congress expressed outrage over the Senate Republican effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act, saying the state in coming years could lose an estimated $8 billion in Medicaid dollars under the GOP proposal.
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A revised Republican health care bill would drive up the number of uninsured Americans by 22 million by 2026, the Congressional Budget Office estimated Thursday in a report unlikely to help GOP leaders persuade their party's senators to back the reeling...

Republican critics of the Senate's latest version of health care legislation were energized after leaders postponed votes on the measure, yet another sign the bill's fortunes are in limbo.
A vocal conservative opponent of the measure, Sen. Rand Paul,...

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The moment that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., told Republicans that there could be no vote on the party's health-care bill this week, Senate Democrats were in a familiar position — headed to a protest.
In the "Senate swamp," a...

In honor of our upcoming national birthday, July 4, here is a slightly revised version of our nation's birth certificate, the Declaration of Independence:
When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to say, "Enough already!",...

This is a week to keep focused on the most urgent question in domestic policy and politics: Will Republicans snatch health insurance from millions of Americans and slash the vital Medicaid program by nearly $1 trillion, all to enable massive tax cuts...

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J.B. Pritzker’s Democratic campaign for governor has unleashed a new round of...

Many Americans feel nervous about health care, fearful a Republican bill that could be voted on in the Senate as early as this week might make life worse for those who selfishly want to remain alive.
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Making a final push, President Donald Trump said he doesn't think congressional Republicans are "that far off" on a health overhaul to replace "the dead carcass of Obamacare." Expressing frustration, he complained about "the level of hostility" in...

At age 15, I developed an unquenchable thirst and frequent urination, and lost 20 pounds. I had developed Type 1 diabetes, an autoimmune disease that destroyed my body's ability to produce insulin. Without insulin, I would have eventually developed a...

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Gov. Bruce Rauner’s administration said Thursday he would not support...

Democratic U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin blasted Senate Republicans' new health care proposal Thursday shortly after it was released, saying "you can put a lace collar on a pit bull and it's still a mean dog."Durbin made the comment from the Senate floor, also...

GOP Senate leaders are presenting to their members for the first time Thursday a concrete health-care plan. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has done what Republicans (falsely) accused Democrats of doing during the Affordable Care Act...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - As Washington politicians push for reckless changes to federal law that would deny care to millions of Illinois residents, strip insurance from people with pre-existing conditions and increase premiums, state Rep. Stephanie Kifowit,...